Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Clyde Holloway beat the clock to qualify for the 5th Congressional District race with just minutes to spare Friday afternoon, setting a blockbuster field of candidates.

Earlier Friday incumbent U.S. Rep. Vance McAllister, R-Swartz, qualified for re-election at the Louisiana Secretary of State's Office after a Baton Rouge traffic jam stalled him from signing up Thursday.

Republican Monroe attorney Jeff Guerriero, Green Party candidate Eliot Barron of New Orleans and Libertarian Charles Saucier of Ponchatoula also qualified on the final day for the Nov. 4 election.

"I'm qualified, bona fide and dignified," McAllister said.

Immediately after qualifying, McAllister took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. McAllister also said he would donate $1,000 if U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, would take the challenge and allow Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, to dump the ice water.

Holloway, 70, finished fourth in last year's 5th District primary with 11 percent, then endorsed McAllister in the runoff. He doesn't have to give up his PSC seat to run for Congress.

Now Holloway, R-Forest Hill, said he believes he's the only candidate who can beat McAllister, whose reputation was damaged by a scandal early this year when a video was published showing the married congressman kissing a former staffer.

"I was disappointed in (McAllister) and still am," Holloway said. "He had a golden opportunity and blew it. We need someone who can serve the district with integrity, and I believe I'm the best one for the job."

Holloway served three terms in Congress from 1987-93 as the representative of the former 8th District before reapportionment eliminated it.

He has since tried and failed four times to regain the seat in the 5th District.

Guerriero, who texted The News-Star that he was in New York Friday working on a case, qualified by proxy.

Guerriero's has never held public office, but he lost a close election in a runoff against state Sen. Bob Kostelka, R-Monroe, in 2011.

"I strongly believe that I am the best qualified to represent and be a strong voice for the people of our district," Guerriero said in a text. "If I am elected I will bring leadership, experience and trust to this office. It's time to do away with the status quo and make Louisiana a better place to live, work and raise our families."

Barron, a Realtor and former Army medic, doesn't live within the 5th District, but residency isn't a requirement for qualifying.

Barron ran in last fall's 5th District race and finished with 492 votes, less than 1 percent.